Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
Government tries to block pro-Kurdish television channel; 56 mayors face prosecution for opposing these efforts
(BIANET/IFEX) – Fifty-six mayors, most of them members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), are being prosecuted for sending a joint letter to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, urging that he reject Turkey’s efforts to close down pro-Kurdish satellite television channel Roj TV. They face possible punishments of up to 15 years’ imprisonment. […]
CAPSULE REPORT: More restrictive laws, increased prosecution of journalists in 2006, shows BIANET report
(BIANET/IFEX) – The following is an abbreviated version of a 16 February 2007 BIANET press release: BIA2 Media Monitoring Desk releases its 2006 Report Freedom of Expression Cases Rise as 293 People Face Prosecution 2006 turned out to be the year when both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the main opposition Republican […]